What to do to increase profits during your eBay auction

Updated on December 28, 2009

I find that this part of the sale is the easiest part of
selling items on eBay. It can also be
the most fun.

In fact, I often have to fight the urge not to check eBay
every minute to see if anyone has bid on my items. I highly recommend not looking unless it is
at four hour intervals. Granted, there
are times when things do change quickly, and an item that gets zero bids can
get three within a few minutes.

Do not worry if it seems like no one is bidding on your
items, even if it is a few days into the auction. I have mentioned before that more people surf
the net over the weekend, and they are more apt to bid on your products
then. Keep your eye on the number of
Watchers. These are the people who are
on the lookout for your item, and are probably planning to bid on it. However, they want to get the best deal
possible, so they bid at the last minute.
This in eBay is known as “sniping”.

During the sale, you will receive questions regarding your
item. They will range from anything like
“what condition it is in” to the usual “how much to ship to (insert place
here)”. I usually don’t bother answering
the “how much to ship” because the shipping calculator should answer that
question. However, you will want to make
certain that any pertinent question gets answered because these people are
potential buyers.

Some people have specific ways that they want the item shipped,
and its best to tell them that you will take note of their requests if they win
the auction. Make certain you keep that
promise.

Now, while you are selling your item, it wouldn’t hurt to
get the word out. Granted, you friends
probably don’t want to be sold to, but people that you have sold to on eBay
might not mind hearing about a similar item that you are selling.

Keep track of whoever is bidding. If you want, you can send them a personal
message, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless they send you a message first.

As soon as an item gets a bid, it is officially sold! Granted, it may receive another bid, so it
could sell at a higher price. As I
mentioned before, it gets very exciting once the auction comes to a close. I found that the money you are getting from
sales will often double in the last few minutes as buyers have a “bidding war”
over your items.

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